retroillucid #1 Posted March 23, 2012 (edited) I was in touch with a former Coleco Employee who was in R&D department and worked closely with Eric Bromley I asked him if he had kept some Coleco stuff....... .... to my huge surprise, he told me he kept the very first Colecovision system they developed Apparently, only few of those units were made Needless to say I was like kid and immediately asked him if he was willing to sell his stuff.... He accepted!!! .... and not only he accepted but all I have to pay is the shipping fees! So, here it is! The very first proto system (out of 5) More pics will come on colecoindustries.com later this year Edited March 23, 2012 by retroillucid 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+5-11under #2 Posted March 23, 2012 Very cool. Did you get anything else? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
retroillucid #3 Posted March 23, 2012 Very cool. Did you get anything else? Yep! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phattyboombatty #4 Posted March 23, 2012 Sweeeeeeet. Lucky guy! Can't wait to see more pics! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coolhand20th #5 Posted March 23, 2012 (edited) That is awesome I can't wait to see more pics! Edited March 23, 2012 by Coolhand20th Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lodmot #6 Posted March 23, 2012 Hehe... It's white. :3 Have you tested it yet? Does it work? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
retroillucid #7 Posted March 23, 2012 Hehe... It's white. :3 Have you tested it yet? Does it work? The cart slot is a rectangle, like atari2600 .... shape of the carts (at that time) was not like the final cart shell we all know but you can play regular carts There's no delay at title screen too Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lodmot #8 Posted March 23, 2012 Ah, so does it like immediately start right into the game, or do you still get the black colecovision game, just not as long? This is very interesting Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
retroillucid #9 Posted March 23, 2012 Ah, so does it like immediately start right into the game, or do you still get the black colecovision game, just not as long? This is very interesting You can simply skip it by pressing a button Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACrystal2011 #10 Posted March 23, 2012 (edited) no delay? like in a skip bios modded coleco where you press the fire button to skip the intro screen? lol answered before i asked Edited March 23, 2012 by ACrystal2011 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Mitch #11 Posted March 23, 2012 Any plans to dump the bios? Mitch Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Allan #12 Posted March 23, 2012 Can we get some more pics from different angles? Allan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
retroillucid #13 Posted March 23, 2012 I'll take more pictures as soon as I can .... BTW: Cart must be insert reversly (back of cart facing you) but for now, I need to annouce the next batch of ColecoVision games Later tonight Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ikrananka #15 Posted March 23, 2012 Incredible J-F, congrats. What a find for your Coleco museum. Looking forward to more pics. Would be good to see the interior as well, would be interesting to see one of the first PCBs. So, you now have a proto box, a proto console - what you now need is the proto styrene insert for the box Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+evg2000 #16 Posted March 23, 2012 I wonder if the bios was dumped and copied to an eprom if it would work in a production CV? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
retroillucid #17 Posted March 23, 2012 .... what you now need is the proto styrene insert for the box I already have it ....... I need those DAMN proto controllers ugh.... also the system instruction manual Well, I can't have everything, in the end...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pixelboy #18 Posted March 23, 2012 Nice score, J-F! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Atari_Bill #19 Posted March 24, 2012 Very nice! How fortunate this still exists! I gotta say I like the white better than the production model. Looks much sharper. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+cmart604 #20 Posted March 24, 2012 WOW J-F! Congrats! That's awesome! Can't wait to see more pics. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NIAD #21 Posted March 24, 2012 Great to see you back on the forum and CONGRATS on the big score... I was wondering if things were going to pan out with this one. I am still waiting word back from another former employee, but as you know all to well, I'm not holding my breath. Can't wait to hear what other stuff came about from this and I have to give :thumbsup: to all these former Coleco employees. The former employee that I acquired stuff from last year (including the recently released A.E. game) also passed everything on to me for the cost of shipping. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
retroillucid #22 Posted March 24, 2012 Early April Fool !! In fact, I wanted a proto #1 CV system from the first time I recall having seen a pic of it Month ago, I decided to make reproduction of that proto model I made that post to see people's reaction Part of the story is true though.... I have been in touch with a former Coleco Employee who had some stuff No, he did not have any proto...... sadly But I got a bunch of really good stuff Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coolhand20th #23 Posted March 24, 2012 Ok who wants to get a Lynching party together and take care of Retroillucid???????? 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
retroillucid #24 Posted March 24, 2012 Ok who wants to get a Lynching party together and take care of Retroillucid???????? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
atari181 #25 Posted March 24, 2012 Ok who wants to get a Lynching party together and take care of Retroillucid???????? Lol sucker! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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